Sirilorica

Sirilorica; Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Total group:	Vinctiplicata
Genus:	Sirilorica; Peel 2010
Species
	S. carlsbergi Peel 2010;

Sirilorica is a monospecific genus of stem-group scalidophoran from the Sirius Passet.^[1]

Morphology

Sirilorica was a worm-like animal ranging from three to eight centimetres in length.^[1]

Ecology

Sirilorica probably burrowed on the sediment surface, although since it is never preserved alongside burrows the fossils were presumably washed to their final resting places.^[1]

Affinity

The loricate plates align the animal with the loricates and their sister group the priapulids (which have loricae during their juvenile stages).^[1]

Etymology

Its generic name reflects its origin in the Sirius passet, and its loricate appearance. Its specific epithet honours the Carlsberg Foundation's financial contribution to Sirius Passet research.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Peel, J. S. (2010). "A Corset-Like Fossil from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland and Its Implications for Cycloneuralian Evolution". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 332–340. doi:10.1666/09-102R.1.

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[Peel2010-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Peel, J. S. (2010). "A Corset-Like Fossil from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland and Its Implications for Cycloneuralian Evolution". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 332–340. doi:10.1666/09-102R.1.

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